On Nov 27, 2007 7:53 PM, Steinar Bang <sb@xxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>> "Alain Spineux" <aspineux@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > On Nov 27, 2007 6:59 PM, Steinar Bang <sb@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> When I try to run the following command line from > >> /usr/share/doc/cyrus-common-2.2/README.Debian.database.gz > >> > >> /usr/sbin/cvt_cyrusdb /var/lib/cyrus/deliver.db db3 /var/lib/cyrus/temp.db flat > >> > >> I get the following error message: > >> > >> fatal error: unknown old backend > >> > >> What's unknown here? The "db3" argument? Or the format of the > >> deliver.db file? > > > # /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cvt_cyrusdb > > Usage: /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/cvt_cyrusdb [-C altconfig] <old db> <old > > db backend> <new db> <new db backend> > > Usable Backends: berkeley, berkeley-nosync, flat, skiplist, quotalegacy > > > maybe berkeley instead of db3 :-) > > That fails with a different error message: > $ /usr/sbin/cvt_cyrusdb /var/lib/cyrus/deliver.db berkeley /var/lib/cyrus/temp.db flat > Converting from /var/lib/cyrus/deliver.db (berkeley) to /var/lib/cyrus/temp.db (flat) > fatal error: can't open old database > > Is there any way of finding out what the format of the old database is? #file filename > > > Also I advise you use your old tools to convert your db to portable > > format. > > The 2.1 tools, you mean? Too late. They went out when I apt-get > installed 2.2. Yes, the old one, including the corresponding berkeley db library (if you upgraded the bdb too) > > > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > -- Alain Spineux aspineux gmail com May the sources be with you ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
